Keswick Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Keswick, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

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Brewery Lane, Keswick, CA12 5BY, England
Description
Beer brewed with love & passion. It's all about the beer.

After years of searching for premises a suitable building was found.

In December 2005 building work began. Since finding the premises we have found out that this site is the site of the oldest brewery known to have been in Keswick – ‘The Keswick Brewery Company’.

The brewery is a 10 barrel brew length (Equivalent to 40 – 9 gallon casks , 1600 litres or 2880 pints).  Our first trial brew was exhibited at the Cumbria Life Food and Drink Festival in Spring 2006 and at the Dog and Gun in Keswick. The first production beers were launched at the Dog and Gun and the Keswick Beer Festival in June 2006. The first beer we made was Thirst Run, a Golden Pale Ale – 4.2%, this then became one of our best sellers. The use of ‘Thirst’ for our beer range came from this  first beer.

With the brewery’s success and many awards, the brewery was running out of space. In October 2019 we finished building work to create extra brew capacity and a new bar so we can offer our bar, tours and shop throughout the year.  The creation of The Fox Tap also means we can now offer brewery events such as Brewery Socials.

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Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a thin but decent head. Nose - cornflakes with an orangey note. Taste - more oranges, some mineral, orange barley sweets on the finish. Palate - light bodied, tangy texture, dry tangy finish. Overall - it grew on me!
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2017 at 14:47

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Bottle I think from the cafe at the outdoor events place. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - toffee and burnt bread. Taste - burnt bread, some orange but not so fresh. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a finish that could be fresher. Overall - ok but wouldn’t buy a second.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2017 at 15:50

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Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, musty, slightly vegetive, lemon, taste is lemony, biscuity toffee.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 14:53

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500ml bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb, shared with Stuu666. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas are malty, toffee, metal. Taste is light sweet toffee, faint biscuit. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 06:15

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Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a nice head. Nose - light caramel and lemon. General lemon curd thing going on. A touch of herbs. Taste - lemon and biscuit. Light ginger spice. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - a well executed bitter I thought.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2017 at 12:34

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from the Crafty Pint, Darlington. Ruby brown colour, tan foamy head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of chocolate & malt, some citrus. Taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate & coffee, ash, with hints of tangy orange zest, spice and lingering earthy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry roasty bitter finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2016 at 16:43

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Bottle. Golden pour. Aroma of sweet caramelised malt, grain and bitters. Taste is quite the same as the aroma. Not bad, solid bitter golden ale.
Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2016 at 09:58

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Kings Head, Carlisle. Pours clear ruby brown with a tin beige head. Aromas of light toffee. Taste is light spice, more toffee. Clean finish. Ok body.
Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2015 at 09:53

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On cask at Dog and Gun, Keswick (as "Keswick Woof and Bang") - Hazy straw body, thick pillowy white head. Lots of citrus at the top of the aroma, with a grassiness and resinous at the back. Taste is equally grassy, but has a decent hoppy kick to pull it out of the bland. Unspectacular, but refreshing.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2015 at 11:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On cask, Dog and Gun, Keswick - Clear old gold body with a thick foamy head which is lasting quite a while. A floral nose with some grass and sweetness there. The first taste is sweet, but goes into a bitter toffee-cum-caramel taste. Kinda oily and moderate carbonation, with a malty aftertaste. Not too bad.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2015 at 11:25